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THROW EFFORT [4 records]

Record 1 2017-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
CONT

Throw effort-the amount of effort required to throw a set of point rails is directly proportional to the area swept out by the points in the course of being thrown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
CONT

L'appareil de rappel doit exercer un effort au moins égal à l'effort de manœuvre de l'aiguillage augmenté d'une majoration de sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

[Effort] by the competitor to make a throw or a jump [prior to or] in the event proper. [The] best performance out of 3 is counted.

OBS

The term "attempt" is used during the competition while "trial" is used before it.

PHR

pass a trial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Tentative par un concurrent d'effectuer un lancer ou un saut [avant ou] au cours d'une épreuve.

OBS

La meilleure performance de 3 essais compte.

PHR

passer un essai.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 3 1993-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

As a central part of his fine-grained analysis of the environment, Gibson introduced the notion of "affordances". Affordances are the potentialities for action inherent in object or scene-the activities that can take place when an organism of a certain sort encounters an entity of a certain sort. According to the notion of affordances, individuals throw things that are grabbable(they afford grabbing), devour things that are edible(they afford eating), and cuddle things that are lovable(they afford loving). This concept permitted an analysis of an organism's effectiveness within its environment, without the apparent need to invoke beliefs, attitudes, or mental effort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Selon J. J. Gibson (1979), ensemble des aspects psychologiquement pertinents et significatifs de l'environnement d'un être vivant.

CONT

Les affordances sont des propriétés réelles des objets qui peuvent avoir une valeur utile pour leur observateur. Elles portent sur ce que l'on perçoit en fonction de ce sur quoi on peut agir. Ainsi, nous percevons qu'un petit objet est préhensible, alors qu'un grand ne l'est pas. Les affordances sont déterminées conjointement par les caractères physiques d'un objet et par les capacités sensorielles, motrices et mentales d'un être vivant. Pour un même objet, elles diffèrent d'une espèce à l'autre, d'un individu ou d'une situation à l'autre. Ainsi, un caillou peut être perçu comme un presse-papiers, l'élément d'un jardin de rocaille ou un marteau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

The Probe's standard five-speed manual transaxle incorporates improvements to gear synchronization, clutch effort and modulation, shifter smoothness and efforts with reduced throw travel, and overall pattern spacing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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